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- proper noun obsolete
Hawaiian Islands (an early name for the archipelago of nineteen Hawaiian Islands)
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- noun a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific
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Examples
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Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he dubbed the Sandwich Islands
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Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he dubbed the Sandwich Islands
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Landing on the penultimate western island of Kauai, Cook and his men spent several weeks touring the archipelago, which they dubbed the Sandwich Islands in honor of Cook’s chief patron, English naval lord John Montague, the fourth Earl of Sandwich.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Landing on the penultimate western island of Kauai, Cook and his men spent several weeks touring the archipelago, which they dubbed the Sandwich Islands in honor of Cook’s chief patron, English naval lord John Montague, the fourth Earl of Sandwich.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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An interesting island, one of the North Pacific group formerly known as the Sandwich Islands, or as the Kingdom of Hawaii, then as the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The present King of the Sandwich Islands is the grandson of Sacarusa, under whose lead the exodus of 1802 was accomplished.
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884
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In the central region of the North Pacific Ocean lies the archipelago formerly known as the Sandwich Islands, now collectively designated as
The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877
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The Sandwich Islands will be the subject of my lecture -- when I get to it -- and I shall endeavor to tell the truth as nearly as a newspaper man can.
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The chief glory of the Sandwich Islands is their great volcano.
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Unfortunately, the first object I ever saw in the Sandwich Islands was a repulsive one.
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